Mental Illness = Power?

DOES MENTAL ILLNESS = POWER?

       A good point brought up in the last section of part three of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest is that...: Does mental illness have the aspect of power? Perhaps the more insane a man is, the more powerful he could become?.see ....power and mental illness..

     Hitler for example...or is this all in ones head? when the boys take their fishing trip, they are stopped at a gas station, the attendant there seems unwilling to help, in fact he seems to give them a great deal of difficulty. McMurphy, the pain in the rear he normally is, doesn't step out of character and comes to the rescue. He gives the attendants exactly what he knew would deter them. Fear.. He goes over the (fake) details of their convictions admitting that they are a bad group. This giving the boys a little "bravado and courage"...and what it can do..

      Hitler is in fact a great example, he most certainly wasn't of sound mind, he must to some extent be completely loony to order the deaths of 50,000 Jews in one week. With fear comes power. People were to scared to cross him, they knew their fate if they did. so did his mental illness lead to power? or did his power lead to his mental illness? one could argue both points, and to some extent both would be correct. see...Adolf_Hitler

   "food for thought here.."  The the Nurse for example she deals with mental illness on a daily basis and she has power...The power to control the men and their daily activities, bathroom breaks, food and whether or not they will be drugged. She's taking the power a little too seriously i think..its turning her mad...going to her head...leading to a mental illness? Becoming the Asylum Hitler? see... Nurse Ratched

       You can take a look throughout our history, (more so in American history though)..and see how power has led to mental illness and how mental illness allows for the belief of having power. Charles Manson, again...cuckoo out of his tree, convinces people to not only become his followers but to in fact act of crimes and murder people in order to please him. I'm sure feeding them full of drugs had something to do with it. but never the less his mental illness brought about his power, and his power allowed for the stealing, murdering and vandalism that occurred. You can see his mental issues in the words he chose in a song he wrote....see... Lyrics to a song written by Charles Manson. Not the most stable man I'd think..

    Although the boys saw how their mental instability can be frightening towards others, they are still ashamed. Not that they are ashamed of the lies being told about them, but that they are afraid of the truth. It is a bit scary to see a car full of patients from an asylum come through, but did they attendants act appropriately? or were they way out of line? .....were they acting out of fear or was it their own insecurities of their own stability? 

i most certainly wouldn't want to be the one to aggravate a carload of patent's...i think people should be treated with respect, they way you would want to be treated.. now I'm not saying I do so on a regular basis, I'll admit there's a few people who get under my skin and i couldn't bring myself to be nice if i tried. But for the most part unless you give me a reason to disrespect you, you'll be treated fairly.